Jaggesh is an Indian politician, actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He is a Member of Parliament in the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

from

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

since 2022 and the spokesperson of the

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. He debuted in '' Ibbani Karagithu'' (1983) before appearing in ''Banda Nanna Ganda'', ''

Tharle Nan Maga ''Tharle Nan Maga'' (English: Naughty fellow) is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film written and directed by Upendra in his directorial debut, which stars Jaggesh and Anjali Sudhakar in lead roles, who also made their debuts in ...

'', ''Super Nan Maga'', ''

Server Somanna ''Server Somanna'' is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K. Vasu.The film is an official remake of the 1964 Tamil film ''Server Sundaram''. This film stars Jaggesh and Abhijeeth along with actress Rambha making her debut in acting ...

'', '' Bevu Bella'', '' Mata'', ''

Eddelu Manjunatha ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' ( kn, ಎದ್ದೇಳು ಮಂಜುನಾಥ, ''Wake Up Manjunatha'') is a 2009 Indian Kannada language cult black comedy film written and directed by Guruprasad, and produced by journalist and director V. Sanath Kuma ...

'', ''

Vaastu Prakaara ''Vaastu Prakaara'' ( kn, ವಾಸ್ತು ಪ್ರಕಾರ) is a 2015 Indian Kannada language satirical comedy film directed by Yogaraj Bhat starring Rakshit Shetty, Jaggesh, Aishani Shetty and Parul Yadav. The supporting cast features Ana ...

'' and ''

Neer Dose ''Neer Dose'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language black comedy film produced by T. Goswami and Shashikala Balaji, written and directed by Vijaya Prasad. It stars Jaggesh and Hariprriya alongside Suman Ranganathan and H. G. Dattatreya. It was one ...

''.

Early life

Jaggesh married Parimala, with whom he has sons

Gururaj Gururaj is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He is known for his 2009 film '' Gilli,'' the remake of Tamil-Telugu film ''7G Rainbow Colony ''7G Rainbow Colony'' is a 2004 Indian romantic drama film written and direc ...

and Yathiraj. Parimala's brother

Sunder Ramu Sunder Ramu is an Indian film and stage actor, who has also worked as a photographer. He made his first film appearance in the 2011 drama film ''Mayakkam Enna''. After winning critical acclaim for his performance he has also gone on to feature ...

is also an actor.

Career

Politics

Jaggesh is originally from Mayasandra (Jadeya Mayasandra) of Turuvekere Taluk in

Tumkur district Tumakuru District is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. It is the third largest district in Karnataka by land area with an area of 10,598 km2, and fourth largest by Population. It is a one-and-a-half-hour drive fr ...

. His political affiliation was with the

Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He ran in the Turuvekere constituency, and won with a healthy margin but resigned from the Legislative Assembly to join the

. He served as Member of Legislative Council and held the cabinet rank as the vice-chairman of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (K.S.R.T.C.).

Filmography

All the films are in Kannada

Director

Television

References

External links

Official website
(archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaggesh 1963 births Living people 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Film directors from Bangalore Indian actor-politicians Indian game show hosts Indian male comedians Indian male film actors Indian National Congress politicians Kannada film directors Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 Male actors from Bangalore Male actors in Kannada cinema People from Tumkur Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka